CVE-2021-39134

Katalog CVE

CVSS 7.8 · High EPSS 0,58%

Kerentanan UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following pada npmjs arborist, oracle graalvm +1 lainnya. Skor CVSS 3.1 7.8 (High) menurut NVD.

Deskripsi (NVD)

`@npmcli/arborist`, the library that calculates dependency trees and manages the `node_modules` folder hierarchy for the npm command line interface, aims to guarantee that package dependency contracts will be met, and the extraction of package contents will always be performed into the expected folder. This is, in part, accomplished by resolving dependency specifiers defined in `package.json` manifests for dependencies with a specific name, and nesting folders to resolve conflicting dependencies. When multiple dependencies differ only in the case of their name, Arborist's internal data structure saw them as separate items that could coexist within the same level in the `node_modules` hierarchy. However, on case-insensitive file systems (such as macOS and Windows), this is not the case. Combined with a symlink dependency such as `file:/some/path`, this allowed an attacker to create a situation in which arbitrary contents could be written to any location on the filesystem. For example, a package `pwn-a` could define a dependency in their `package.json` file such as `"foo": "file:/some/path"`. Another package, `pwn-b` could define a dependency such as `FOO: "file:foo.tgz"`. On case-insensitive file systems, if `pwn-a` was installed, and then `pwn-b` was installed afterwards, the contents of `foo.tgz` would be written to `/some/path`, and any existing contents of `/some/path` would be removed. Anyone using npm v7.20.6 or earlier on a case-insensitive filesystem is potentially affected. This is patched in @npmcli/arborist 2.8.2 which is included in npm v7.20.7 and above.

Rincian

Terbit di NVD

31 Agustus 2021

Terakhir diubah

17 Juni 2026

Status NVD

Modified

CVSS 3.1

7.8 (High), sumber NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · uraikan di kalkulator

Jenis kelemahan (CWE)

CWE-61: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
CWE-178: Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity

EPSS (30 hari)

0,58% peluang dieksploitasi; lebih tinggi dari 46,0% CVE lain

Produk dan versi terdampak

> Data dari konfigurasi CPE di NVD.

Referensi dan perbaikan

• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf patch · advisory pihak ketiga
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html patch · advisory pihak ketiga
• https://github.com/npm/arborist/security/advisories/GHSA-2h3h-q99f-3fhc mitigasi · advisory pihak ketiga
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40npmcli/arborist